Apple did at one point sign up to the whole "only use micro-USB for charging" thing - though they haven't actually started doing it yet. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/1/28 David Tarrant <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:davetaz@ecs.soton.ac.uk">davetaz@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>></span><br>
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The lack of a built in USB socket is pretty bloody stupid. It's not
like they don't make tiny USB connectors.<br>
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The lack of an infrared output is a miss, as having this double as a
universal remote would make so much sense.<br>
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Since the IPad can connect to digital cameras, it must be able to do USB Host mode, place your bets on how long until we see a dock connector camera, either from Apple or by jailbreak?
Second, can't someone invent a wireless VGA connector? Having to sit in the chair and present cos the iPad had to be tethered down looked a little lame.
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<pre>i still miss the newton - or what might have been an iSlate, as in with pen.
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<pre>Hmm, I'd prefer some device midway between the iPad and the iPhone in
size, something that fits in a jacket pocket that just does what an iPhone
does but bigger.
I can see a market for the iPad though, but not moved to buy one yet :)
Tim
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Christopher Gutteridge -- <a href="http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/people/cjg" target="_blank">http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/people/cjg</a>
Lead Developer, EPrints Project, <a href="http://eprints.org/" target="_blank">http://eprints.org/</a>
Web Projects Manager, School of Electronics and Computer Science,
University of Southampton.
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